Could this be the world’s thinnest proton channel?
“Aqueous Proton Transfer Across Single Layer Graphene,” Jennifer L. Achtyl, Raymond R. Unocic, Lijun Xu, Yu Cai, Muralikrishna Raju, Weiwei Zhang, Robert L. Sacci, Ivan V. Vlassiouk, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Panchapakesan Ganesh, David J. Wesolowski, Sheng Dai, Adri C. T. van Duin, Matthew Neurock, Franz M. Geiger, Nature Communications, 6, 6539 (2015).
Please see news coverage below:
C&E News: Graphene Defects Help Transfer Protons
NBC News: ‘Defective’ Graphene Could Filter Water, Improve Fuel Cells
Science Daily: Graphene membrane could lead to better fuel cells, water filters
pro-physik.de: Defekte Graphen-Schichten als selektive Membranen
International Business Times: “flawed” graphene could lead to better fuel cells
engadget: ‘Defective’ graphene makes for super-efficient fuel cells